Delivery-spout for cans.



G. A. MAHN.

DELIVERY SPOUT FOR CANS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 20, 1913.

Patented Jan.12, 1915.

INVENTOR WITNESSES CHARLES ADQLPH MAHN, 01?- NEW YORK, N. Y.

DELIVERY-SPOUT FOR CANS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented can. 12,1915.

Application filed August 20, 1913. Serial No. 785,724.

To all wiz am it may concern: I

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. MAHN, a cltizen of the United States,residing at 320 East Ninety-fourth street, New York, in the county ofNew York and State of vNew York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Delivery-spouts for Cans; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to delivery spouts for vessels, and moreparticularly to a delivery spout to be used (with cans containingcondensed milk.

One of the principal objects of my invention is to provide a spout foruse with cans having a plug closure, the plug adapted to be used as aclosure for the spout when the same is in position.

Another object is to provide a sanitary delivery means for cans ofcondensed milk or other fluids, and one which will prevent undue wasteof the fluid through leakage.

A further object is to provide a device of the class described whichwill be simple, durable, efficient in operation and inexpensive tomanufacture.

With these and otherobjects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter morefully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, in which like characters of reference indicate like partsthroughout the several views, and in which,

Figure 1, represents a perspective View of a can having the plug removedtherefrom and showing the spout ready to be placed in position. Fig. 2,represents a perspective view showing my invention in operation. Fig. 3,represents a perspective view showing the invention as applied to a can,the spout being closed. Fig. 4, represents a vertical sectional viewthrough a portion of a can, my invention being applied thereto.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 5 represents a cancontaining condensed milk, said can having one end formed with anopening 6, therein, said opening being closed when the can is filled atthe factory, by a plug 7 It will be understood that the can forms nopart of my invention, being shown merely to illustrate the type of canin connection with which my invention is primarily intended to be used.

The spout comprises a hollow tube 8, slightly conical shaped, the lowerend being slightly less in diameter than the upper end, and said lowerend is flared inwardly and is adapted to fit into the opening 6 in thecan 5. A collar 9, surrounds the tube near the lower end and is adaptedto engage the end of the can to limit the inward movement of the tube,and to prevent leakage of the contents of the can around the tube. Theouter surface of the tube below the collar 9, is adapted to fit againstthe conical flange 10, formed at the opening in the top, as is usual inthis type of can. The plug which closes the opening in the can, isformed of a disk of metal stamped to form a body portion 11, to fit intlie flange 10, and a flange portion 12, adapted to bear against the endof the can.

In using the spout, the plug is removed from the can and the, spoutinserted in its place. When this is done the plug is inserted in theupper end of the spout as shown in Figs. 3 and 4c, the upper end of thetube being made of a slightly greater diameter than the lower endthereof so that the plug will snugly fit said tube. By this arrangementit is evident that the contents of the can will be protected from fliesand other insects which might deposit germs therein, and that a verysanitary spout is provided. It will of course be understood that whenthe contents of the can are to be poured out, the plug will be removedfrom the spout to be replaced when the can is not in use.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is,

In combination, a can having a centrally disposed opening surrounded byan inturned conically disposed flange, a conical tubular spout memberhaving an external annular flange, said member adapted to be removablyinserted into said opening, the restricted end inward, until said flangeof said In testimony whereof I have signed my member rests against theouter surface of name to this specification in the presence of 1 the canand the conical body of the member two subscribing Witnesses.

snugly seats in the conically disposed flange CHARLES ADOLPH M AHNsurroiinding said can opening, and a cap adapted to be removably seatedin either said Witnesses:

opening or the. enlarged end of said spout SARAH M. MoNKs, member.EDWARD HOLZHAMER.

